- Date
- January 24, 2006, 11:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Lantana, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N89723Cessna 152
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 25, 2006
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- FAA report
- 20060124001649A
- Case key
- 63152
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Probable cause
The student pilot's improper flare and inadequate recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in the nosegear collapsing, the airplane veering off the runway, and nosing over.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The student pilot stated that she was on a solo flight and had completed 2 landings. During the third landing the airplane bounced, and as she tried to apply back pressure she said it bounced again, harder a second time, and also a third time as well. On the third bounce she said the nosewheel collapsed, and the airplane veered to the left into the sand, and flipped over onto its back, and came to a halt.
Factual narrative
On January 24, 2006, about 1100 eastern standard time, a Cessna 152, N89723, registered to and operated by Palm Beach Flight Training, as a Title 14 CFR Part 91 instructional flight, exited the runway and nosed over while a student pilot was making a landing at Palm Beach County Park, Lantana, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed. The student pilot was not injured, and the airplane incurred substantial damage. The flight originated in Lantana, the same day, about 1045.
The student pilot stated that she was conducting a solo flight, and had completed 2 landings. During the third landing she said the airplane bounced, and as she tried the apply back pressure to the yoke to recover, the airplane bounced again, harder a second time, and a third time as well. On the third bounce she said that the nose-wheel collapsed, and the airplane veered left into the sand, and flipped over onto its back, coming to a halt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N89723
- Reported as
- Cessna 152
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15282843
- Airframe hours
- 6,600
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 518 Air Services
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 1, 2005 · 47 hours before
- Departed
- LNA · Lantana, FL
- Destination
- LNA
- Airport
- LNA · Palm Beach County Park, runway 33, 3,421 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 17 total · 17 in this make and model · 17 in the last 90 days · 17 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.